[GRLUG] Testing Comcast vs AT&T

Sat Jul 9 13:06:28 EDT 2011

Good to know. I may call them just to see if its actually offered.

The bandwidth cap is a good note -- the $200 service is 4 times more
expensive than the regularly priced plans, I would hope at the very least,
they raise the cap for that plan to about 1000GB or so.

--
Matthew Seeley
Threadlight Systems
PO Box 612, Jenison MI 49429
T: (616) 328-5649

On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 12:12 PM, David Pembrook <david at pembrook.net> wrote:

> **
> on a related note, whats up with the 250GB/month "cap"? Has anyone gotten a
> notice or call from comcast that they are using too much bandwidth?
>
> With the speed improvements some of us have seen (I'm normally getting 16/3
> and as high as 20/3 measured through real usage not speed tests).  On your
> account page they will show you how much you've used and they are currently
> showing a 250Gb/mo limit. Its not really a cap because you can sail right on
> past it as I've done before with no apparent ill effects. Full speeds
> through the end of the cycle.
>
> Their FAQ says they contact the top offenders and try to solve the
> "problem". I can only wonder what a real bandwidth hog would use.
>
> Not wanting to get shutdown, I'm looking at the business class internet
> that would not have those limits. Is anyone using that? Are they blocking
> any ports?
>
> I also have to wonder if the limit and the warning about being shut down
> are a marketing ploy to sell more expensive services.
>
>
> On 7/9/2011 11:58 AM, Ben Rousch wrote:
>
> The web site means nothing. You have to call to find out what's really
> offered at your address. At home, I have a tier faster than advertised. At
> work, they only had 2 tiers slower than advertised.
>
>  On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I've called about these higher speed
>> services.  The last time about a month
>> ago, I was told that 16 Mbps residential
>> was the highest speed offered in MI, and
>> that there is no schedule for rolling out
>> anything faster.  The rep then blandly
>> said the ads didn't apply here.
>>
>>  I'd call before worrying much more about
>> it.  I do have a friend in Houston who has
>>  a 50 Mbps Comcast service, and claims
>> to be quite happy with it.
>>
>>     -- Bob
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Matthew Seeley <matthew at threadlight.com>wrote:
>>
>>> This isn't strictly related, but I noticed that Comcast is now offering
>>> 105mb service in Grand Rapids. (Or at least, when I typed in my address into
>>> their website, I was offered the following -->
>>> http://www.threadlight.com/comcast_woah.png )
>>>
>>>  Does anyone have any experience with this? I'm *highly* skeptical of
>>> this offering, since the last time I had comcast, they couldn't reliably
>>> send me 8mb down, much less 100+
>>>
>>>  Not that it matters, there's no way I can pay that price for internet.
>>> But still very curious about it :)
>>>
>>> --
>>> Matthew Seeley
>>> Threadlight Systems
>>> PO Box 612, Jenison MI 49429
>>> T: (616) 328-5649 <%28616%29%20328-5649>
>>>
>>>
>>>   On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Can you elaborate please?
>>>>
>>>>  When I upload or download a
>>>> file of known size in a known time,
>>>> there is an average speed involved
>>>> that clearly has meaning.
>>>>
>>>>  So in what sense do you claim
>>>> the tests are meaningless?
>>>>
>>>>     -- Bob
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Adam Tauno Williams <
>>>> awilliam at whitemice.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>  >Why the big discrepancy in advertised
>>>>> >and actual speed?
>>>>>
>>>>>  Because these speed tests are essentially meaningless?
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